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Seed Planten. I No. 243,564. Patented June 28,1881.

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UNITED STATES V PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER C. HUNTER, OF JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,564, dated June 28, 1881.

Application filed October 30,1880. (Model) 7 To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C. HUNT- ER, of Junction City, in the county of Davis and State of Kansas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement' in Seed Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the let ters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail.

This invention relates to devices for planting seed; and it consists in the construction hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A'is al'rame suitable to contain the operating mechanism, having side pieces,a a, end pieces, a! a,and a cross-brace, a and platform B. At the rear corners the frame A supports seed-hoppers C 0, having openings 0 c in the bottom, covered by the ends 01 d of a slide, D.

Journaled to the middle of the upper face of platform B is a crown-gear wheel, E, connected by a rod, F, pivoted to brace a to the middle of slide D, the said connecting-rod F- in its normal position being parallel to the sides of the frame 'A.

Meshing with the cogs on crown-gear wheel E are two pinions, H I, whose shalts h i turn in bearings h t", and having their outer ends h i turned at right angles to their main stems.

One of .wheels A A upon the side of the frame on which are located the pinions H I has upon its inner surface two studs, a b, the

former located near its periphery, the latter near its center, the position of said studs a b with relation to ends h i? of pinion-shafts h i being such that as the wheel revolves stud a will strike end b and stud b will strike end 4?, and the studs being arranged diametrically opposite 'upon the wheel causes such striking to take place alternately and at each half-revolution. By this construction as the wheels revolve through the pinions and crown-wheel the slide D is reciprocated, and the openings coin the bottom of hoppers C C are alternately opened and closed by ends d d.

I am aware that reciprocating seed-slides have been long known and have been operated in various ways, and I desireto be protected only in the construction herein shown and described.

" In a seed-planter, the combination with the seed-slide D, hoppers C C, and pivoted connecting rod F, of the crown wheel E, connected with the rod F, and the pinions H I, working in bearings h i, engaging the crownwheel E, and having the bends h 15 and the driving and supporting wheel A, having pinsa b, for imparting a rocking motion to the crown-wheel E, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER C. HUNTER.

Witnesses J. H. MILLER, FRANK PATTERSON. 

